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Very cool. I am definitely impressed with the wood working skill I see on this forum. If the beer you ladies and gents make is half as good as the kits I see crafted I know I'm missing out.

I used a Control Products TC 9102D HV Temperature Controller. I mounted it on the back of my coffin box and just drilled a hole thru the wood and ran the thermometer down into the chest. You could do the same on the collar. all it takes is 4 screws to mount it to the wood. Just be sure to use...

Is that a good price? I guess I'm used to buying used 5 gallons for about half that. It would be nice to have a smaller one for a dorm sized fridge kegerator or even for batches that run a little bigger than my 5 will hold but...

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Resume speaking of wood :off:

Haha, well the TRON and the "Street Fighter" already work. Actually the SF cabinet is a MAME/Entertainment center. The Golden Tee is a future project. Supposed to be converting it and another cabinet into MAME machines when friends raise the scratch. Here is a pic of the big one: Edit...

Mine is collar free but I used pine for the top and the coffin box and it's worked very nicely.

Yeah, it's LARGELY going to be appearance choice. Since you're going to have insulation behind it the properties of the wood itself are largely irrelevant.

Damnit, I had 2 of those in my cart and was waiting till friday to order. Now of course they are all gone. :(

Still down. We are going to force him to carve more bandwidth I think.

Here's where I am now. Still need to add the last stout tap and regular tap, then tile the coffin box and grout the tile then stain the trim.

Here is a pic of my air circulation system: There is 3" PVC running around the bottom of the keezer with holes drilled out in order to suck in the colder air at the base. It's then pushed up thru the bilge fan to a 4" T. The T is capped at the top so that when the lid is open it doesn't...

Yeah, I am having some trouble with mine. I planted them all a little too deep, 9-10", which caused problems. I dug them up, except for the Mt. Hood which I can't find, and replanted them closer to the surface. The willamette looks like a stick which isn't promising. The goldings and the...

Well, I did just buy an angle grinder for this very purpose. Unfortunately it didn't come with a couple of the parts that are needed to be able to use it. Once the replacement parts come I'd be happy to help you out with it. I've got a half barrel keg I'm planning on doing the same with.

Yeah, if you can find fittings for it I'd just give it a good wash with starsan solution and then a good rinse with easyclean or something and make sure it's able to hold pressure.

I listened to it again. Mine doesn't currently have any sort of enclosure around it to muffle the sound and it's not any louder than a box fan on low. Unless you or your wife are PARTICULARLY sensitive to sound it's just a soft white noise. When you open it up that's when it gets loud.

Yeah, I know you already bought yours but for those that haven't I got two 20# tanks for free on the local "recycling" group. The needed inspected and filled but that cost me about 50 bucks for the pair of them so... If you're in a major city I'd definitely suggest finding a recycling group...

Computer fans GENERALLY run on 300-500mA. The atwood bilge fan I'm using wants between 2.5 and 3.2 A (nearly 10x the amperage). It's considerably louder but it's moving a LOT more air.

Where is your kegerator/keezer? Mine is in my garage/man cave so even when it's open it's quieter than anything I'd be doing in there. It's inside a box that is insulated to stay cold so it generally will be pretty good at keeping the noise in. I'd say when my Keezer is shut, which it should...

Yep, absolutely. You could would use a 10A bridge rectifier and a step down transformer to turn 120v AC from the outlet into 12v 3A for the fan.. The rectifier will have 4 pins. One +, one -, and two ~. You solder the two ~ into the yellow wires from the transformer and the + and - to the...

Yep, don't make the mistake I did. That bridge rectifier is SUPER important. That motor spins very fast and even with the right amperage/voltage AC power will burn that motor out in about 2 minutes. It really is very easy to install. If you have any questions be sure to ask me (or the teacher...